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I've never done this before so no idea if this will reach the writer of the Red Shrimp article. I was the photographer for Vulcan XH558 from '86 to when it finally finished flying in October 2015. During that time, I amassed a large number of photos including of the Vulcan's ECM interior and exterior panels and aerials. I actually took one of the actual barrage jammer 'bins' home when they were scrapping the Vulcan at the Cardiff museum, complete with the cone shaped aerial to which you refer but ended up giving it to the radio part of the Bletchely Park museum, probably 20 years ago now. This section closed and I found out to my annoyance that my bits had been given firstly to a storage facility at Cardington and thence to the museum at Duxford, much to my annoyance! I also wrote an article with the help of a good friend of mine, Sqn. Ldr. Barry Masefield who was AEO on the Vulcan for many years and flew in the Flaklands. Now sadly no longer with us.

I did manage to make contact back in '97 with Bernard Shrimpton himself, the designer from whom the name 'Shrimp' came from, because I wanted to find out how the thing worked but he thought it was still classified (!), although I still have a letter from him.

Anyway, if you you like any of the photos, do let me know and I will forward. My email is charles@vulcan-photographer.co.uk

regards Charles Toop

We appreciate this. Just follow the directions you were given here and others can let you know if the photos can be used in the article.

A letter from Bernard Shrimpton would not be suitable as a source but if you can show it to a reputable publisher who can be persuaded to use the information in a newspaper, magazine or book, that would most likely be acceptable.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 16:27, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

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